mom rules
Every year, my wifes asks what I want for Christmas. And she says other family members want to know what I want for Christmas. And I say ammo, 5.56Nato or 45ACP. She always says they’re not getting you ammo. Not sure why. It’s what I want and I’ll put it to good use. My folks call last night and ask me what I want for Christmas. I say ammo. Mom says OK. Sweet.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I guess ammo is just not Christmasy. Or at least that is what I might hear.
We have gone to a everyone buys one gift and we have a stylized fight for the one you want. Called Chinese gift exchange, although I do not see why they get to call the name.
Ask for a gift card at your favorite sporting goods store. There is one more step, but you can end up with what you want.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I switched from telling them to get me ammo to telling them to get me gift cards to Cabelas, Gander Mountain and Dicks. All places that SELL AMMO.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The wife asks me what I want for Christmas. I say, “ammo” or “gun.” She says, “You don’t need that.” I reply, “You asked me what I wanted, not what I need. Stop asking me what I want if your not going to get it for me. Just buy what you want to get for me.”
I’ll just by my own ammo.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I always ask for socks and underwear, but end up getting something else. I am at the point where I really need socks and underwear.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
My brother sometimes gets me ammo but not in the quantity I really need – like a single box of Yugo Match for the Garand for example, I need 55 to shoot a match. Mom disapproves so we slip the presents to each other sideways. Nowdays I buy my own Christmas presents – we surprise each other with what we bought for ourselves, ending years of strategic disappointments…
December 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Its because gifts aren’t for you, they are for other people to feel good about giving you a gift. Its a horrible tradition.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Did you make sure to specify you don’t want the limited edition rimless speer ammo? š
December 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“I guess ammo is just not Christmasy.”
I dunno. This image always seemed pretty festive to me. (Nothing about the pic is mine, of course.)
December 17th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
[…] Christmas gifts […]
Ask for ammo, get cleaning supplies. Still good.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:17 am
My brother got me a cause of ammo for my Swiss rifle.
And my mom got me 9mm for my birthday. My father in law has purchased a rifle for me for Christmas one year. And we ALWAYS try to get ammo for everyone.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:19 am
How an you say ammo isn’t Christmasy? My favorite Christmas decoration is a single 30-06 round tied to a twig that stands upright in a simple piece of wood.
Its a cartridge in a bare tree.
My wife sets it in the middle of our buffet every year.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:06 am
I know particular relatives would not buy me anything gun-related, so I don’t even bother telling them. I do the same thing Caleb does: ask for gift cards to the place that sell what I want.
Then when they ask “what did you buy with the gift card” I tell them “ammo”. š
December 18th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I swear there is nothing in the world as funny as a typographical error. Not in the history of “literacy.” Before Gutenberg, was anything funny?
“Every year, my wifes asks what I want for Christmas.”
My wifes is like that, too.